This 1989 Rob Humphreys 81ft Kevlar/Carbon/Epoxy fractional sloop Maxi Racer benefits from a full refit in 2011 and new Cummins 4BT 150hp engine in 2014. She offers an ideal corporate platform or classic maxi potential.

Originally built by Paragon Composite as “Rothmans” for the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race (the forerunner of the Volvo Ocean Race) where she finished fourth.

She is in original and fantastic condition and has been continuously maintained. Apart from some new electronics and sails, she is in her original racing trim down below. She benefits from being recently fully faired and painted including hull and topsides, new sails, continuous upgrading of the navigation instruments over the past 4 years and much more...

Adrian Nicolle has been a Professional Yacht Broker for many years; Adrian Nicolle founded Nicolle Associates in 2001.

An experienced sailor (200gt commercially endorsed Master of Yachts) having extensively raced sailing yachts internationally and cruised motor yachts in many areas including the canal system through the length of France, he has served on the executive board of the Royal Southern Yacht Club as Chairman of Sailing and at Cowes Week as Chief Race Officer.

His background is from a customer focused and service led industry and has a broad range of management skills having grown companies from start up to London stock exchange listed businesses with over 200 employees.

While handling most types of yacht sales, Adrian specialises in large sail and motor yachts; he has the marketing and conveyance knowledge, experience, expertise and integrity to represent your needs before, during and long after your purchase.

The accommodation is built as an open area. The forward section of the cabin is fitted for sail stowage with head and shower compartment. Astern of mast is a tools/stowage area for deck gear and spare parts.

There are a total of 20 adjustable pipe berths including four removable pipe berths in fore peak. Amidships is the main hatch, galley and the navigation station aft of it.

2 sets running back stays, double check stays and masthead back stay, all made of Kevlar

Titan headboard car with mechanical steps for main top and 3 reefs

Removable inner fore stay with Navtec hydraulic adjuster

1 Carbon spinnaker pole with Sparcraft fittings

1 Aluminium spinnaker pole with Sparcraft fittings

1 Aluminium Jockey pole.

All halyards in Spectra

A lot of different sheets

Sails

North Kevlar Main 2011

North Kevlar heavy No3 2011

Quantum Carbon heavy No3 2010

North Kevlar light No1 2011

Doyle Kevlar light No1 1999

Doyle Kevlar heavy No1 2000

Halsey Spectra stormjib 1993

North Dacron trySail 1989

Doyle Kevlar spinnaker staysail 1999

North S3 sym spinnaker 2011

North S1 sym spinnaker 2011

North A5 asym spinnaker 2011

Halsey 0.5 spinnaker 1995

Halsey 1.5 spinnaker 1995

Halsey 2.8 spinnaker 1989

A number of sails in variable condition

Deck Equipment

All winches/grinders by Lewmar

3 belt driven aluminium double grinders

1 Main 900/3 ASTOR – Custom (Linkable to grinders)

2 Primaries 1100/4 AOR –Custom (Linkable to grinders)

2 Secondary 900/3 ASTOR –Custom (Linkable to grinders)

2 Halyards 650/3 ASTOR –Custom

2 Halyards 650/2 ASTOR –Custom (Low base)

1 Reef 650/2 ASTOR

2 Mainsheet car 550/3 ASTOR

2 Runners 700/3 ASTOR

2 Checkstay 430/2 ASTOR

All grinders are cross linked and can be directed to one or all of the Linkable winches.

All cars, stoppers, blocks, footblocks from Fredrikssen

Pushpit, pad eyes, fittings made of Titan

Safety Equipment

20x Life Jackets Baltic Inflatable + safety harnesses

3x 8 persons ML lifeguard life-rafts Inspected 2011

IOR set of Distress flares

8 personnel AIS Beacon. 2011.

17 Henri Lloyd Offshore foul weather gear. (with logos) (old)

Fire extinguisher system: to classification standard.

2 Gusher manual bilge pump

1 Johnson electric bilge pump

Emergency tiller

Ground Tackle

Two anchors

Build

Deck & Hull: (all specifications kept to original)

Hull and deck made of carbon and Kevlar fibers vacuum bagged epoxy plastic with PVC core.

Bulkheads in carbon/epoxy

False stem/ crash zone and watertight bulkhead in bow

Keel

Bulb and keel blade made of lead with frames of epoxy coated steel

Steering and rudder system

Double titan steering wheels with independent twin wire system

Rudder integrated to rudder stock all made of carbon/epoxy

Emergency tiller

Additional Information

Hull painted white 2011

Bottom painted with multi year anti fouling in 2011

Deck painted in Awlgrip offwhite 2011

Interior painted in Awlgrip off-white 2011

A lot of spare equipment and sails

Nearly complete set of original drawings available. CAD-drawings on interior and profile available

Disclaimer

Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

This vessel is tax not paid.

As always photographs do not do justice viewing is highly recommended.